AS Roma drew 1-1 against AC Milan in the 2022-2023 Italian League continued, Sunday (30/4/2023). Jose Mourinho said that winning one point was not fair enough for his team.
“If we talk about the performance, then I say the result was not fair to us. We should be able to play as a team. Only we can play against Milan like we did with all the difficulties we experienced,” Mourinho said as quoted by Football Italia, Sunday (30/4/2023).
As is known, AS Roma failed to gain full points when they met AC Milan at the Stadio Olimpico. The Capital Wolves were held 1-1 by AC Milan.
AS Roma had excelled at the end of the second half. Tammy Abraham managed to rip apart AC Milan’s goal in the 90+3 minute.
However, the victory was shattered in an instant. Alexis Saelemaekers equalized in the 90+7 minute.
The goal was the closing match for AS Roma vs AC Milan earlier this morning.
At the start of the first half, AS Roma immediately tried to secure a goal. Playing in front of the public themselves, Jose Mourinho’s team stepped on the gas and got an opportunity from one of their players.
Is Lorenzo Pellegrini, who got a golden opportunity in the seventh minute. The bloody Italian player gets a chance through his right foot kick. However, Pellegrini’s shot was still too high over Mike Maignan’s bar.
Failed to score a goal, AS Roma is now under attack from AC Milan. The Rossoneri, driven by Brahim Diaz, had an opportunity from Rade Krunic in the 20th minute.
However, the experiment was still not yielded a goal. Because, his header was still on the left side of Rui Patricio.
Furthermore, AS Roma and AC Milan exchanged attacks. But unfortunately, both teams were unable to score until the first half ended with a score of 0-0.
Entering the second half, AC Milan changed the composition of its players. Malick Thiaw and Alecis Saelemaekers came on in the second half.
Meanwhile, AS Roma also made their second substitution. Stephan El Shaarawy came on to replace Andrea Belotti. Previously, Edoardo Bove entered first in the first round.
The entry of El Shaarawy made AS Roma’s attack line even more terrible. The Italian-Egyptian bloody player got a chance in the 56th minute. However, his efforts were still thwarted by Maignan.
Furthermore, both teams did not relax their attacks. The goal that the Olimpico public had been waiting for arrived in the 90+3 minute.
It was Tammy Abraham who scored a goal for AS Roma. However, that advantage did not last long. AC Milan was able to reply via Alexis Saelemaekers in the 90+7 minute.
Alexis Saelemaekers’ goal saved the Rossoneri from defeat. Because, until the end of the game the score was 1-1 to decorate the match.
Mourinho also seemed to regret that his team only wrapped up one point in the match.
Even so, he still gave appreciation to his men who had fought for 90 minutes. For him, Lorenzo Pellegrini et al dared to face AC Milan.
“We are not a rich team, we don’t have a big squad, every time we lose a player it is a big problem and we lost a few players today.”
“Despite all these difficulties, to fight so hard against Milan to finish fourth would be incredible, only we can do it.”
With this draw, AS Roma had to settle for being stuck in fifth place in the 2022-2023 Italian League standings with 57 points. They have the same points as AC Milan who are in fourth place and are two points adrift of Juventus, who are in third place.
